i wanted to know if it's okay to use future perfect (using WOULD not WILL) with Past Simple.
i wanted to say if i knew he was ill at a point in the past , i will visit him at this point in the past.
Past Simple – Is ‘If I Knew You Were Ill, I Would Have Visited You’ Grammatically Correct?
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Best Answer
It's understandable, but not quite the normal verb tense you'd want to use.
Instead, it would more commonly be:
That describes a past hypothetical.
For a present hypothetical:
And for the future: